Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS)
EU Transparency Register
61991787780-18 First registered on 19 Jan 2012
Goals / Remit
The Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) is the European umbrella organisation for 27 national private security employers’ associations. It was founded in 1989. CoESS is the only representative European employers’ organisation defending the interests of the private security services industry. It is recognised by the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) as a European sectoral social partner in accordance with the European Treaties. CoESS represents 18 EU Member States and a total of 25 countries, which translates into some 50,000 private security companies employing a total of 1.8 million private security employees. The European private security services industry generates a yearly turnover of approximately € 35 billion Euros.
Main EU files targeted
Landsec
Sagmas
Social Dialogue private security sector
CBRNeAddress
Head Office
Jan Bogemansstraat/Rue Jan Bogemans, 249
Wemmel 1780
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Alexander FRANK 26 Aug 2023 26 Aug 2024 Mr Alexander Frank 26 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Catherine Piana 19 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Mr Alexander Frank 17 Mar 2022 17 Mar 2023 Ms Catherine Piana 25 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Alexander Frank 06 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020 Ms Catherine Piana 20 Dec 2018 01 Jan 2020 Ms Catherine Piana 03 Jan 2018 20 Dec 2018 Ms Catherine Piana 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Catherine Piana (Director-General ad interim)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Catherine Piana (Director-General ad interim)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
- European Business Services Roundtable (EBSRT)
- European Employers' Network (EEN)
- European Sectoral Social Dialogue for the Private Security Sector
- Stakeholders Advisory Group for Aviation Security (SAGAS)
- Stakeholders Advisory Group for Maritime Security (SAGMaS)
- TAPA EMEAMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
85,654 € (Source: The grant received by the European Commission relates to the project "Selecting Best Value – A Manual for Organizations Awarding Contracts for Private Guarding Services: Updating, redefinition of scop)
Other financial info
1. CoESS is financed by the contributions of its members. 2. The grant received by the European Commission relates to the project "Selecting Best Value – A Manual for Organizations Awarding Contracts for Private Guarding Services: Updating, redefinition of scope and dissemination of the renewed guide".
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
EU Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Call for Proposals VP/2013/001 (Grant agreement VS/2013/0365)
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Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Oct 2020 Location online Subject Social dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject security matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 28 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Security Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Silvio Mascagna (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Infrastructure protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Severine Wernert (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Internal Market Strategy for Goods and Services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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